Key Issues for Counselling in Action

Windy Dryden is one of the leading practitioners and trainers in the UK in the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) tradition of psychotherapy. He is best known for his work in Rational-Emotive Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (RECBT), a leading CBT approach.  He has been working in the field of counselling and psychotherapy since 1975 and was one of the first people in Britain to be trained in CBT.He has published over 200 books and has trained therapists all over the world, in as diverse places as the UK, the USA, South Africa, Turkey and Israel.He is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London.Andrew Reeves is an Emeritus Professor in the Counselling Professions and Mental Health and Associate Affiliate Professor at the University of Malta.  He is additionally a Senior BACP Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist, a Registered Social Worker and a Senior Accredited Coach and Coach Supervisor with EMCC. He is a past Chair of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a Fellow of BACP and a Senior Fellow of Advance HE. He has published extensively on working in counselling and psychotherapy, and particularly in working with risk in a range of organizational settings. He is past Editor-in-Chief of the journal Counselling and Psychotherapy Research and has a long-standing commitment to ethics in the counselling professions, including in writing and research.

• The Therapeutic Alliance as an Integrating Framework - Windy DrydenPART ONE: INITIATING THE THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCEThe Very First Contact with People Enquiring about or Seeking Counselling - Windy DrydenStructuring the Counselling Process - Barbara LawtonInitiating Counselling - Phoebe LambertClient Assessment - Andrew ReevesPART TWO: DEEPENING THE THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCEThe Dynamics of Shame in the Therapeutic Relationship - Jules HowdinWorking at Relational Depth - Mick CooperGetting Somewhere: Goals and Problems for Counselling - Pierce O′CarrollTailoring Your Approach to Different Clients - Windy DrydenPART THREE: DEALING WITH THREATS TO THE THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCEWorking with Reluctant Clients - Clive CarswellWorking with Transference in Counselling - Jane MacaskieWorking with the Concept of Stuckness - Fátima FernandesWorking with Client Dependency - Kirsten AmisPART FOUR: ENDING THE THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCEWorking with a Planned Ending - Maggie RobsonAnticipating and Working with Unplanned Endings - Maggie RobsonPART FIVE: ISSUES FOR THE COUNSELLORUsing Counsellor Supervision - Gail KingFeelings of Incompetence in Therapy: Causes, Consequences and Coping Strategies - Anne Thériault and Nick GazzolaCountertransference - Clare SymonsHow Close do I get to My Clients? - David TuneCounselling and Culture - James BarrottCounsellor Self-Care - Amanda LarcombeEvaluating Counselling and Evidence Based Practice - Ruth Caleb & Dave Berger

This is a wonderful book for the new and trainee counsellor and should be on every courses’ book list.  It covers a wide area and with the different authors’ voices speaking it has a varied tone.